Monthly Archives: February 2007

The Franklin 12 Language Global Speaking Translator. We’re talking 450,000 words and 12,000 phrases here, so you shouldn’t be short of something to say while vacationing in those far off lands. You can even record your own custom words and phrases that you think you may need. Lots of interesting possibilities there, eh? $229.95. Ideal for communicating on almost any continent with 12 languages and translations to and from Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese,…

The Musician’s Emergency Adapter Kit. Never be lost or alone without a jack, RCA, XLR or other audio plug or socket type at your side. This kit should see you through even the most dire gig-side panic. $65.00. When Radio Shack is closed, you’ll feel confident that you can handle any venue’s crazy sound system setup with this thorough set of audio adapters chosen specifically for the needs of the electronic musician. From the ubiquitous 1/8″ to RCA adapter common to…

CelluBike. Take a bunch of infrared lights, attach them to a recumbent bike array of some sort, throw in some scientific stuff and you’ve got a sure-fire profit maker in today’s sleek obsessed world. Does it work? Who knows. Just enjoy the marketing. [Via Gizmag] The CelluBike engages the bodies own force to actually eliminate, not disguise or forcibly remove cellulite, from the body. While peddling the recumbent bicycle at 75% of your maximum heart rate, the Certified Technician will position…

The Fakefinder search engine lets you identify those fake RIAA and MPAA torrents which are placed on the network to trap, entice and otherwise make you seem culpable. Quite a useful little tool. Tags: bittorrent, riaa+fakes, riaa

3Jam. Group text messaging. Send one message to the service and they send it on to all your friends. Works on any phone but you do need friends. Preferably more than one of. Er…business model? 3jam does not charge you anything to use the service. However, your carrier’s standard or other text messaging charges may apply, depending on your wireless plan. Each message you send or receive through 3jam is counted as one standard text message even though your message…

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